Dilly song

Coll. by Cornelia Bowman Mrs. Charlie Cox
Transc. by MCP Evansville, Ark.
January 13, 1960
Reel 336, Item 3
(The Dilly Song)
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the one.
What about the one?
There was but one was left alone No more to be alone.
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the two.
What about the two?
Two of them were little old babes,
Dressed in Ireland green;
There was but one more left alone No more to be alone.
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the three.
What about the three?
Three of them were drivers;
Two of them were little old babes Dressed in Ireland gree:
There was but one more left alone No more to be alone.
( This is a cumulative song, progressing one number at a time until the twelfth stanza is reach, as follows:)
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the twelve/
What about the twelve?
Twelve, twelve apostles;
'Leven the leven gone to heaven;
Ten the ten commandments;
Nine, nine the bright shall shine;
Eight, the Gabriel's trumpet;
Seven stars are in the sky;
Six the six gold waiters;
Five's the flambeau in my boat;
Four score and eighty;
Three of them were drivers;
Two of them were little old babes Dressed in Ireland green;
There was but one more left alone No more to be alone.

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Coll. by Cornelia Bowman Mrs. Charlie Cox
Transc. by MCP Evansville, Ark.
January 13, 1960
Reel 336, Item 3
(The Dilly Song)
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the one.
What about the one?
There was but one was left alone No more to be alone.
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the two.
What about the two?
Two of them were little old babes,
Dressed in Ireland green;
There was but one more left alone No more to be alone.
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the three.
What about the three?
Three of them were drivers;
Two of them were little old babes Dressed in Ireland gree:
There was but one more left alone No more to be alone.
( This is a cumulative song, progressing one number at a time until the twelfth stanza is reach, as follows:)
Come and we will sing.
What will we sing?
Sing about the twelve/
What about the twelve?
Twelve, twelve apostles;
'Leven the leven gone to heaven;
Ten the ten commandments;
Nine, nine the bright shall shine;
Eight, the Gabriel's trumpet;
Seven stars are in the sky;
Six the six gold waiters;
Five's the flambeau in my boat;
Four score and eighty;
Three of them were drivers;
Two of them were little old babes Dressed in Ireland green;
There was but one more left alone No more to be alone.